Title:OPERATION SCOTT, BASRA, 8 MARCH 2006 [Allocated Title]
Film Number:BFV 735
Other titles:COLLECTION OF DEFENCE MEDIA OPERATIONS CENTRE VIDEOS [Allocated Title]
Summary: Members of the Royal Regiment of Fusiliers on routine patrol in Basra.
Description: START 00:00:00 Bars.
00:00:30 Exterior shots of base at Basra Palace, fortified by Hesco barriers. Shell damage can be seen above the portico.
00:00:58 Soldiers with Snatch Land Rovers by group of small houses, conducting a search. Cameraman follows two soldiers on foot as they take up positions. Soldiers stand behind a wall. Zoom shot reveals further soldiers in the distance across rubble-strewn ground.
00:03:20 Soldier uses bolt cutters to open the gate of a house; the squad enter. Two other soldiers stand outside keeping watch on the street. Camera position remains outside, giving shots of street where the Land Rovers are parked. More soldiers enter.
00:12:49 Street by empty ground; soldiers patrol. A group of children gathers and is greeted. Warrior armoured vehicle parks of the open ground among the rubble. Local men banter with the soldiers: one of them holds up a Ronaldinho football shirt (after the Barcelona player).
00:18:10 Warrior moves away. Other soldiers stand watch in their berets and hackles; one shakes hands with a local boy. Various people gather round. Man in a trap rides past. Soldiers watch the traffic.
00:21:05 Local men hold open copies of a magazine which has been distributed by the Multi-National Force; soldier shakes hands with them.
00:23:04 Soldiers cluster around several Warrior vehicles parked on open ground. Various views of the parked Warriors, and also of an FV432 troop carrier and other vehicles.
00:26:44 View inside vehicle shows a Bowman radio set-up and receiver.
END 00:27:51
Alternative Title:COLLECTION OF DEFENCE MEDIA OPERATIONS CENTRE VIDEOS [Allocated Title]
Colour:Colour
Digitised:No
Object_Number:BFV 735
Sound:Sound
Access Conditions:IWM
Featured Period:
Production Date:2006-03-08
Production Country: GB
Production Details: Defence Media Operations Centre (Production sponsor)
Personalities, Units and Organisations: British Army, Royal Regiment of Fusiliers (regiment/service)
Keywords: Basra, Iraq (geography)
Operation Telic, Iraq War 2003-2009 (event)
British Army post-2000 (theme)
Iraq post-2003 (theme)
Physical Characteristics: Colour format: Colour
Sound format: Sound
Soundtrack language: English
Title language: None
Subtitle language: None
Technical Details: Format: DVCam
Number of items/reels/tapes: 1
Tape length: 40; Running time: 27 mins
